Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Author
Velazco, Paúl M.
Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy) American Museum of Natural History
Author
Patterson, Bruce D.
Integrative Research Center Field Museum of Natural History
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2019
2019-04-05
2019
429
1
69
journal article
0003-0090
Vampyressa thyone
(Thomas, 1909)
VOUCHER MATERIAL:
El Diamante
:
2 adult
males (
FMNH 203642
;
MUSM 39242
)
; see table 18 for measurements.
IDENTIFICATION: We consulted descriptions and measurements of
Vampyressa thyone
provided by
Goodwin (1963)
,
Ceballos Bendezú (1968)
,
Anderson (1997)
,
Lim et al. (2003)
, and
Tavares et al. (2014)
. No subspecies are currently recognized
in
V. thyone
(
Arroyo-Cabrales, 2008b
)
. Our Mayo River basin specimens exhibit the diagnostic characteristics of the species: small size (FA <
34 mm
; GLS <
19 mm
); facial stripes weak and dorsal stripe lacking; uropatagium narrow and sparsely haired; rostrum shorter than braincase; hard palate extends well behind the molars; upper inner incisors long, separated basally and converging at the bifid tips; first upper premolar smaller than the second; first lower premolar caniniform and smaller than the second premolar (Arroyo- Cabrales, 2008b). Measurements of our specimens fall within the range of measurements reported for the species.